Wednesday, August 25, 2010

4th of July

I've really been bad about blogging when I realized I hadn't even posted about the 4th of July. We went to the Neighborhood Breakfast, and then went to the Layton Parade. But really that's about all that we did. Jaylee got a TON of taffy from the Parade and she LOVES the stuff. We still have a little left and she eats it all the time and shares it with her new buddy Trent. I can't stand Taffy, and Brady doesn't care for it either but Jaylee LOVES it!!



Snow Cones were the summer favorite

I like snow cones, but they are not my favorite!! And never would I want them all the time or days in a row!! However Brady and Jaylee have been on this snow cone obsession thing this summer and it's driving me NUTS!! Their favorite place was the one out in front of the Rite Aide but then one day I decided I wanted something cold since I would never get ice cream or anything every time they got one, and I made them try this place down the road on 200 N. and it's even better!! We haven't had a craving in over a week so here's hoping the fad is over with these 2!!
I'm not sure which is worse with wanting them-The Daddy or the 3 year old!!

But they sure do LOVE them!!
And if you let her get the biggest one, she'd eat every last drop of that thing!! Her favorite flavor is Cherry and Daddy's is Tiger's Blood!!

Tony's Pizza and Farr's Ice Cream

Tuesday August 10th
Brady's sister Brittany was in town for a week, and one place she requested to go was Tony's Pizza in Ogden. Their family has been going there since Mike and Shirley were dating so it's a fun memory place for them. The Pizza is YUMMY but it's more the memories for their family. It was a lot of fun!! Well I had seen a Farr's Ice Cream sign around the corner on our way in, so I made the suggestion to go have some ice cream and everyone agreed!! These are pictures of the Ice Cream part of the evening!!
Jaylee picked out this nasty flavor and I didn't think she would like it but she ate the entire thing!! It was gross!!
Kaden enjoying his cone
Hudson-this is probably why Jaylee liked hers so much her cousins had one like it!!
One end of the table-Jaylee, Nanny, Hudson and Brady
The middle section-Kaden, Harper, Megan and Gideon
Cute Aunt Brittany
Pacey and Tate-I don't know where Mckay was during all these pictures
Looking down the other end of the table-you can kind of see Marlee and JBJ. I know I have a picture with them in it somewhere but I must have missed it in the upload!!
and then of course our sweet 1 week old MaKynna just taking a snoozer with no idea she is missing out on having Ice Cream, the greatest thing in the world!!!

Jaylee rides a Cow-Horse...

So the Friday after MaKynna was born, the 6th, Jaylee got to go spend the night with our friend Courtney. Well Court decided she was going to take Jaylee to ride a Horse with her friend Tabitha. I was so excited for Jaylee since she loves horses and the whole thought of being a cowgirl, but sad that I was missing her first experience of riding a horse. So I told Court she had to take pictures for me since it was her first time. Jaylee had a BLAST and now almost 3 weeks later, she still talks about riding the "Cow-Horse like a Cowgirl". And she still remembers that the horse she rode was named Stanley.
Jaylee in her riding helmet
Jaylee riding Stanley
Getting settled in with the help of Tab
She loved riding the horse
Petting Stanley

And then after riding the horse she got to play a little on this slide
She had a great time riding the horse and spending the night at Courtney's and it gave Mommy a nice night to worry about only the baby and get some rest!!

Baby Pics...

We've been trying to figure out who looks like who and all that fun stuff with new babies, so I put pictures together to get an idea. This is the youngest picture I could find of Brady, so it will have to do. We've decided that Jaylee looked a lot like Brady as a Baby, now she's looking a little more like her mom did when she was a little girl. And MaKynna looks a lot like her mommy when she was a baby. Yes there is some of my genes in my girls after all!!



It's so funny when you look at the girls overall they look a little alike, but when you start looking at their individual features, they don't. It's kind of fun to see the comparisons!! Oh and MaKynna's eyes we are not so sure they will be brown anymore. The last couple of days they've had a hint of blue/green coloring to them, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see what color they decide to be!!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

MaKynna Shirley

Now that our baby is 2 weeks old, I guess it's time to get back into the blogging world!! It's been a crazy couple of months but I feel like we are finally getting settled and back into some kind of routine!!
At my last Doctor Visit on the 29th of July (her due date), my doctor told me that she doesn't like to hit the 41 week mark with pregnancy so she told Brady and I to pick a date to be induced if I didn't have her on my own before then. We picked Monday the 2nd of August since I wanted her to wait until August to be born anyway!! That weekend was kind of crazy, we went to the movies and I fell kind of hard. That night I started having some minor contractions but nothing serious enough to think she was coming on her own. But they went away and all day Sunday I had nothing!! We took Jaylee to my friend Melissa's to spend the night since we had to be at the hospital at 6:30am. I didn't sleep a wink and Brady got a little more then me!! We were both excited and ready for our new little girl to come into this world and join our family!!
This is us once at the hospital!!
So they broke my water and started me on patosen(no clue how to spell that one) around 7:45am. The contractions started pretty much right away but nothing to bad or to strong. I planned to go natural without any pain medication like I did with Jaylee. But once they upped the patosen and contractions were coming hard every 2 min and then even closer, I was dying!!! I kept apologizing to Brady that I couldn't do it. And when they checked me around 10 and I was only at a 4, I started asking for the epidural. There was no break to hardly breath between contractions and I figured I had a ways to go still. So around 10:45am, the epidural was done and I was feeling SOOO much better. I was able to relax and even dose off a little. Brady's parents got there just before that and it was nice to have another person to talk to. Brady was so concerned for me and was trying to be so supportive, but he hated seeing me in so much pain. I swear with Jaylee, I don't remember it being that bad or that intense!! Well needless to say, when the nurse checked me like 15 min. after the epidural had kicked in, I was at a 7 and then about 45 min. later I was ready to deliver our little girl. I was a little shocked when she checked me the last time that it was time to have her, but I was also so excited. About 15 min. later at 12:17pm our sweet little MaKynna Shirley was born!!
She looked so much chunkier then Jaylee did, but she doesn't seem so now. She weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 21 inches long
And just like Jaylee she has lots of dark hair!!


Brady has another little girl to adore him!!
MaKynna with Mommy's Doctor-Dr. Karen Boheen
Mommy and Daddy with MaKynna
Nanny and MaKynna-this is where the middle name comes from. We had never planned to name any kids after anyone with the exception of when we have a boy it will have Brady for a middle name. Well after giving Jaylee the middle name Carol after my mom, we felt like next girl we would do that for Shirley. We love our mom's so much and it's been fun to see how much they have loved the honor of these little girls being named after them.
Poppa and MaKynna-poor Poppa got kicked out a couple of times during the labor and delivery. I love my father-in-law but my own dad would have been kicked out too!! Sorry Mike!!
Brady was able to help with the first bath in the nursery!!
All clean!! So every time they would take MaKynna to the nursery for weighing or whatever, they would always play with her hair. It wasn't just one nurse but all of them loved to fix it and add bows to it. It was kind of funny!!
However their bows weren't big enough for my liking!! I made this bow for her with her initials on it and then Jaylee had a matching one too. Kind of big but hey it wouldn't be one of my girls any other way!!
The girl Triplett's!! They guys were there too but I don't have a picture of them with MaKynna
Aunt Marlee and Tenley with MaKynna-Tenley is so sweet. She was so worried about why I was in the hospital. She kept coming over to my bed asking if I was okay and when I told her I was great but that I just had my baby she was okay with that. Sweet girl!!
So Jaylee had spent the night with my friend Melissa who has twins the same age as Jaylee-well Brady was going to go get her Monday afternoon, but Jaylee fell asleep so Melissa told him to just let her spend the night again and that she would meet up with him the next day. So Jaylee didn't meet her until the next day, and she was so excited to finally see her!!
She is so soft with her and she just loves her to death!!
They had a nice dinner for Brady and I the last night at the hospital. The food was great, especially their cheesecake!!
My dear friend Melissa and her cute kids!! Jaylee informed me the other day that I only have 1 friend in their family and that she has 2, and they like her best!!
MaKynna is ready to go home!!
Jaylee is also ready to go home!! Although she loved spending the night with her friends and her cousins!!
Our sweet new little baby!!
Brady with his girls!!
I delivered at Davis Hospital and I would again in a heartbeat!! They were wonderful and for all those peeps out there that don't like them for this and that reason-their crazy!! It was super nice, the nurses were wonderful and the food was great!!